Best Point Breaks in the World
The longest rides, the most perfect walls. These point breaks define what surfing can be.
30 spots featured
Point breaks are surfing's most addictive wave type. The way a swell wraps around a headland or rocky outcrop, producing long, walling rides that can last hundreds of meters — there's nothing else like it. One good wave at a quality point break can make an entire trip.
From the machine-like perfection of Jeffreys Bay in South Africa to the endless lefts of Chicama in Peru, point breaks reward patience, positioning, and good timing. They tend to be more forgiving than reef breaks, making them ideal for experienced surfers of all ages.
These are the world's finest point breaks — spots where the geometry of coastline and swell combine to produce rides you'll remember for the rest of your life.
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Australia(11 spots)
Snapper Rocks
Gold Coast, Australia
Snapper Rocks is the starting point of Australia's legendary Superbank—an artificial sand formation that can create rideable waves stretching around 2 kilometers to Kirra. The...
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Bells Beach
Victoria, Australia
Bells Beach is Australian surfing's spiritual home—a powerful right-hand point break carved into the dramatic cliffs of Victoria's Great Ocean Road. Home to the world's...
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Kirra
Gold Coast, Australia
Kirra is Australian surfing's most storied barrel—a right-hand sand-bottom point that has produced some of the country's most iconic waves when the sand aligns correctly. As the...
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Burleigh Heads
Gold Coast, Australia
Burleigh Heads is the Gold Coast's most intense wave—a powerful right-hand point that breaks over a boulder-strewn headland, producing thick barrels and high-performance walls....
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Noosa First Point
Sunshine Coast, Australia
Noosa First Point is Australia's longboarding mecca—the first of Noosa's string of right-hand points, which produce some of the longest, most perfect right-hand peelers in the...
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Lennox Head
Northern NSW, Australia
Lennox Head is one of Australia's most revered points—a long, bending right-hander that peels along a basalt boulder headland in northern NSW. When clean SE swells combine with SW...
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The Pass
Byron Bay, Australia
The Pass is Byron Bay's crown jewel—a long, winding right-hand point that embodies the region's laid-back surf culture. The wave is forgiving and fun, wrapping around the headland...
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Angourie Point
Northern NSW, Australia
Angourie Point is a historic right-hand point break, featured in the 1971 film Morning of the Earth and declared a National Surfing Reserve in 2007. The wave breaks over a basalt...
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Crescent Head
Mid North Coast NSW, Australia
Crescent Head is the quintessential Australian point break—a long, walling right that peels a long way along a rocky headland on its day. The wave is forgiving and Malibu-style,...
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Superbank (Maxing)
Gold Coast, Australia
Superbank Maxing is the stuff of Gold Coast legend—when cyclone swells from the Coral Sea push the Superbank beyond its normal limits, connecting Snapper Rocks through Rainbow...
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Kirra (Cyclone)
Gold Coast, Australia
Kirra Cyclone is the Gold Coast's ultimate expression—the legendary sand point that transforms into the world's best right-hand barrel when massive East cyclone swells hit. These...
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Africa(5 spots)
Jeffreys Bay
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Jeffreys Bay is surfing's ultimate right-hand point break—a legendary wave that spirals down a long bay on South Africa's Eastern Cape. The wave connects multiple sections:...
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Skeleton Bay
Skeleton Coast, Namibia
Skeleton Bay is one of surfing's most alien landscapes—a sand-bottomed left point in the remote Namibian desert that produces some of the longest tube rides in the world. When...
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Seal Point
Cape St. Francis, South Africa
Seal Point is the right-hand point at Cape St. Francis, the stretch of coast featured in Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer (1966). It sits below the Seal Point Lighthouse and picks...
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Ponta Preta
Sal Island, Cape Verde
Ponta Preta is Cape Verde's world-class wave—a powerful right-hand point break on Sal Island that produces some of the best barrels in the Atlantic Ocean. The wave breaks over...
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Anchor Point
Taghazout, Morocco
Anchor Point is Morocco's legendary wave—a long, perfectly peeling right point in Taghazout that can run all the way through Hash Point to Panoramas when NW Atlantic swells hit...
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Central America(5 spots)
Punta Roca
La Libertad, El Salvador
Punta Roca is El Salvador's world-class gem—a long, peeling right-hand point break in La Libertad that has hosted WSL events and produced some of Central America's best surfers....
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Lance's Left
Rivas, Nicaragua
Lance's Left is the Emerald Coast's most accessible long left—a point break that provides 200+ yard rides on bigger swells and welcomes surfers of all skill levels. Unlike the...
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Pavones
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Pavones is one of the longest left-hand point breaks in the world—a legendary wave in remote southern Costa Rica that can run for a very long way when conditions align. Getting...
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Santa Catalina
Veraguas, Panama
Santa Catalina is Panama's premier surf destination—a long right-hand point break in a remote fishing village on the Pacific coast. The wave wraps around a rocky headland,...
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Las Flores
San Miguel, El Salvador
Las Flores is the eastern El Salvador classic - a long right-hand sand point near El Cuco that can serve up workable walls for intermediates or heavier, faster sections when...
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Hawaii(2 spots)
Makaha
West Shore, Oahu, USA
Makaha is Hawaii's original big wave spot—the place where big wave surfing was pioneered before Waimea Bay. Multiple sections (Point, Bowl, Blowhole, Inside Reef) offer different...
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Honolua Bay
NW Coast, Maui, USA
Honolua Bay is Maui's crown jewel—one of Hawaii's best point breaks, offering long rides through multiple sections. Molokai island shadows pure NW swells, so it needs a N...
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North America(2 spots)
Lower Trestles
San Clemente, USA
Lower Trestles is the world standard for high-performance surfing—a cobblestone point break in San Clemente that produces perfect, rippable waves with mechanical consistency. For...
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Steamer Lane
Santa Cruz, USA
Steamer Lane is Northern California's premier point break—a world-class wave system with multiple sections that has served as the proving ground for generations of NorCal surfers....
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South America(2 spots)
Punta de Lobos
Pichilemu, Chile
Punta de Lobos is Chile's crown jewel—a powerful left point break designated as a World Surfing Reserve that produces long rides when massive SW Pacific swells hit the coast. The...
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Chicama
Puerto Malabrigo, Peru
Chicama is the world's longest left-breaking wave and the first legally protected wave in the world, a point break in Peru that can run around 2 kilometers to the pier on a big...
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Pacific(1 spot)
Europe(1 spot)
Indian Ocean(1 spot)
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